Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Hasselt's bamboo shark (Chiloscyllium hasseltii), recorded as Endangered
Hasselt's bamboo shark (Chiloscyllium hasseltii). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

Hasselt's bamboo shark

Chiloscyllium hasseltii

Hasselt's bamboo shark is a bamboo shark in the family Hemiscylliidae found around Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia, between latitudes 23° N and 10° S, and longitude 91° E and 133° E.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Chiloscyllium hasseltii
Taxonomy
Elasmobranchii · Orectolobiformes · Hemiscylliidae · Chiloscyllium

Appearance

Features: Much like C. Punctatum, adults usually have no color patterns, but the juveniles have transverse dark bands with black edging.

Their average size at hatching is 94 to 120 mm.

Range and habitat

Hasselt's bamboo shark is a bamboo shark in the family Hemiscylliidae found around Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia, between latitudes 23° N and 10° S, and longitude 91° E and 133° E. Residing inshore.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

Breeding

Sharks and rays grow slowly and have few young. A fishery that treats them as bycatch can empty a coastal form.

In crisis

Hasselt's bamboo shark is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Hasselt's bamboo shark, Wikidata item Q28847. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

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Quick answers

What is Hasselt's bamboo shark?
Hasselt's bamboo shark is a shark or ray in the family Hemiscylliidae (order Orectolobiformes) — Chiloscyllium hasseltii.
What is the conservation status of Hasselt's bamboo shark?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Chiloscyllium hasseltii. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Hasselt's bamboo shark live?
Hasselt's bamboo shark is a bamboo shark in the family Hemiscylliidae found around Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia, between latitudes 23° N and 10° S, and longitude 91° E and 133° E. Residing inshore.
Why is Hasselt's bamboo shark in crisis?
It is Endangered on Wikidata. Read the official Red List assessment for the criteria.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Chiloscyllium hasseltii?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Hasselt's bamboo shark a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.